Zoe's First Snow!

Today we woke up to a little bit of snow. Zoe has seen snow before, but she's never gotten out and played in it. I figured we'd get out there and have some fun before it all melted, so we were dressed and out the door before 9:00. At first, Zoe kept calling it "smoke" instead of snow. Once she got the right word, she had a new phrase, "Snow is yuck." Let's just say it took her a few minutes to warm up to the idea of playing in the snow. After about 5 minutes, she was having a blast!

No, I Do It!

Aah, Zoe's favorite new saying..."No, I do it!" She wants to do everything all by herself....put her shoes on, get dressed, take her diaper off, brush her teeth, the list goes on. I'm always impressed with how much she can do for such a little one. Here she is putting her coat on all by herself, and not even 2 years old yet!

Mmmm Ribs

Zoe's new favorite dinner is barbecued ribs. I always strip her down to her diaper when she eats them, just look at the mess! After ribs, she gets chocolate ice cream - another favorite. This girl can definitely eat...hmm...wonder where she got that from? ;-)

Reading The Newspaper...and More Dancing

Zoe is really becoming quite a character. I just love the new things she comes up with. Today we were playing catch and before she threw the ball each time, she'd say, "Ready guys? Ok!" Keep in mind, it was just the 2 of us playing. :-) She likes to mimic everyone, both in speech and actions. Here she is reading the newspaper, just like me.

While I was making dinner tonight, Zoe pushed the chair up to the Ipod and started pushing buttons until she found a song to move to. This girl loves to dance!

Halloween

This year was Zoe's first time trick-or-treating. Zoe loves dinosaurs right now, so I decided to dress her as one. Turns out, this must be the year for dinosaurs, as we saw quite a few others as we walked from house to house. Zoe quickly caught on that if she walked up to a door and opened her bag, she would get something. Funny thing is, she's never had candy, and I didn't really plan on giving her any of it. She carried that bag for almost an hour before deciding it was too heavy and asked me to carry it. Just as she was about to give up and call it a night, one lady gave her a lollipop to hold. Well, she clutched on to that thing so tight and then tried to eat it - paper and all! I unsuccessfully tried to pry it out of her hands, but she wouldn't have it. When we got back to the house, I gave in and unwrapped the lollipop, and Zoe enjoyed her first official piece of candy. She gave it back after a few minutes and said, "Trash, mommy." Guess she's not a candy fan. Thankfully, she won't miss her Halloween bag of treats that I gave away today.